The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-12-24

expresses Hillscll do III iofoi
a revision of the tariff. He says he
not object to repeal the tobacco
tax and the sugar duty and make
used in the arts tax free. AS
to the sugar duty Mr.. Brown says:-
'sBut may we not SO revise our tarlH
40 to sufficiently reduce our
annual revenue without impairing their
efficiency as instruments of protection!
would make an effort. L would be-
gin by saving $50 ,O00, 900 yearly on
sugar. Last year the revenue on
sugar, molasses, etc.. reached the enor-
nous SUN of $5s 900 900, and this in
is increasing at the rate OF
81, OOO, 900 to $4,000, 900 annually.
Our people over $500, DOC, 1000
pounds each year and only5, 900 900 900
pounds of this is produced in the
United States. Our sugar production
is not increasing, while its consump-
ton is. 1t is absurd to claim that the
people ought to pay this monstrous
tax to protect some three hundred
sugar planters in q single state in the
production of a commodity of an
annual value of only aboutS15 900 10000.
The sugar a is in no sense protective
it ia for revenu only. Let 1t go. 1t
is SAID this will destroy this industry.
1t would be much better to pay the
planter a bounty on his product equal
to the present import duty than to
longer tolerate the present tax. Again,
it is suggested that nothing will be
saved to the people by repeating this
tax that the sugar exporting countries
will at once impose all export tax
equal Il or above the import tax taken
off. This danger can be averted by
giving the advantages of III free mar
kets to such countries only as do not
impose an export tax" The duties on
salt, lumber, tin and some wooden
manufactures also, Mr.. Brown thinks
might be revised. He says:-Then
why may we not save $1,000 900 OIL
salt, and halt that sun on lumber?
Why not take the tariff off tin, which
we do not produce, and let it remain
on its manufactured product? And
why not allow a drawback on all tin
and other vessels when made here out
of taxed material, and used wholly in
exporting American prcducts! 1t is
claimed there are certain inequalities
in the tariff on some articles of manu-
fucture--that certain cheap clothes and
dress goods are subject to a duty of
from sixty-eight to eighty-two per
cent. ad valorem; that some articles of
our protected cutlery are being sold
abroad in easy competition with foreign
cheap labor and at prices lower h a i'll
our home markets, and that some OF
our industries no longer need protec-
ton from the starved labor of Europe,
but are able to make fair profits and
pay remunerative wages to its
employees without. These sugges-
tions are worthy OF attention. Mr..
Brown continues. ono industry
should be put in peril, but the tariff
ought to be revised, and if inequalities
and errors are found they should be re-
moved. If when this is done sufficient
reduction has not been made, a further
saving may be had by a modification OF
the internal evenue laws OIL some such
plan as has been indicated"
One of the practical reforms iustitu-
ted by Secretary Fairchild is a reduc-
ton OF the expense of collecting the
revenue from customs. The details Of
the work were intrusted to Assistant
Secretary Maynard, who has given the
entire subject careful and thorough
consideration. His conclusions were
embodied in a plan which has just been
approved by the secretary and which
will be put into fall force and effect
on the 1st Of January. In speaking Of
the subject Judge Maynard said:-
"There are now 139 collection districts
in the United States. In Ga of these
the revenues are much less than the
expenses. For instance, there are A
districts in which the total collections
do not exceed $4,000, while the expen-
diiures aggregate $50 200. In the
ether 20 non-self- supporting districts
the collections are less thau$l25 900 and
the expenditures amount to S52 900.
The expenditures of these offices will
DE reduced by sil5,347 a year, princi-
pally by dismissals and also by redEc-
tons OF salaries in several instances.
Orders for these changes, TO take effect
with the beginning of the new year,
have already been issued. They have
been made gradually and with due re-
gard to the interests OF the service"
The cost of collecting this revenue OF
$4,000 was Sl4l7 900 under the past
system. Under the plan proposed it.
will still be about $3l 900, or 81 900 in
eAcess of the entire revenue. A state
ment has been subnfitted showing the
ports at which the expenses are reduc-
ed, and the mount OF the reduction,
together with the collections during
the fiscal year. Some Of the figures are
very interesting. For instance, at the
gort OF Empire City, Oregon, the total
collections amounted to sixty cents, and
the cost of collecting t.le sane was
SO, 23S.
The Poster Lloyd, the organ of Herr
Won Tiszn, the Hungarian Premier
contends for the necessity of crushing
Russia in the event of war occurring
and SO rectifying the frontier IS TO dis
able her from causing further trouble
in Europe. A large Poland must b,
erected, including Volhynia and Podo'
lis up the right bank Of the Dnieper
with kieff as & frontier fortress ant
Odessa as a military port. The Ger
man empire must comprise all ia,
Balkan provinces 18th st. Petersburg
also the districts between the Dnjepe
sud the Dwina. The Poster Lloyt
article has been reproduced in Berlin
without comment. 1t is considered t,
be more OF q threat than an indication
of the serious aims Of the allies.
LIE Nord, the Russian organ i.